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What skill did Petrach teach at his school?
The difference between effect and affect.
How to throw a ball.
How to write and argue efficiently.
How to create humanism art.
2
How did individualism NOT influence Renaissance art and literature?
Focused on individual human potential.
People created their own works and made themselves a god.
Enhanced focus on human achievements.
Shifted from religious works to portraits.
3
What caused the Black Plague to spread from Europe to Asia?
The people, traveling from places.
By rats carrying fleas, coming on boats.
By the fish, in the seas.
From the air, carried by wind.
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IS THIS HUMANISM?: A stance on life that a man can achieve self success by himself, not with the help of a human being.
Yes.
No.
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How were religious figures portrayed in Renaissance art?
As abstract.
As animals who roam around.
As god-like figures.
As human beings with emotions and feelings.
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Roman citizens could vote.
True
False
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What idea was not signified in Brunelleschi’s dome on the Church of San Lorenzo?
Represented the beginning of the Renaissance.
That religion is the highest power and has no limits.
Shows no limit to human powers.
Symbol of Florentine ingenuity and artistic ambitions.
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Realism in Renaissance art is to “mirror reality” as closely as possible and not to depict the world in an abstract way.
False
True
9
What is one characteristic of Renaissance politics?
Italy was all unified.
Run by the Medici Family.
Ran by President Giuseppe Rossi.
Religion was the main argument.
10
How did Renaissance humanism differ from the Medieval Christian Worldview?
Optimistic view rather than pessimistic view of the world, like Augustine.
The man can shape his own destiny without God deciding it.
They believed the city of man is better than the city of God.
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What religious shift happened during the plague?
People lost faith in Christianity.
Christianity faded away,
People turned to Christianity more.
Started following Islam instead.
12
What is NOT a factor that caused the redevelopment of trade at the beginning of the renaissance?
Surplus; Facilities for storage.
End of barbaric invasions.
Unsafe transportation.
More settled conditions.
13
Which two teachings did Renaissance humanism combine?
Christianity and Roman
Ancient Greek and Roman
Ancient Greek and Christianity
Islam and Roman
14
What is NOT a characteristic of Renaissance art?
Baptism.
Realism.
Secularism.
Humanism.
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IS THIS SECULARISM: A stance on life that a man can achieve self success by himself, not with the help of a divine being
No.
Yes.
Maybe so?
16
What were the two adjectives Machiavelli used to describe an ideal leader?
Sacred and beautiful
Smart and gentle
Cunning and ferocious
Feared and loved
17
What is NOT a key event from Petrach’s life?
Father was notary law, wanted Petrach to follow in footsteps.
Carried around a copy of Augustine’s confessions.
He defined the reasons of Christianity.
Born in Arezzo, Italy.
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What was NOT an effect of the Crusades?
Broadened outlook, exposing people to different cultures.
Weakened nobility, many people were killed or sold to fight.
Serfs fled to cities, legally free for 1 year.
People turned to Christianity, needed peace in their lives.
19
Who was the father of humanism?
Michaelangelo.
Petrach.
Machiavelli
Giuseppe Rossi.
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What subject or topic would be least emphasized in a humanist school?
Personal powers.
Human achievements.
Religious studies.
Italy literature.
21
What was the main ideas and goal of the Prince by Machiavelli?
To teach leaders how to hold and maintain power over their subjects.
To tell leaders they need to control their subject’s lifes in every aspect.
To tell leaders to be passive and be pushed around.
To tell leaders to resign from their role.
